Printed on the plate
“Formosan Bamboo-Partridge”
Bambusicola sonorivox
Engraved caption: BAMBUSICOLA SONORIVOX, Gould.
Modern identification
Bambusicola sonorivox
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Gould's own Bambusicola sonorivox of Formosa = Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge, which eBird splits from the Chinese Bamboo-Partridge.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. VI); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; pinned in Featherframe (gould_asia.yaml)
Who made the plate
J. Gould. H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.